Everything You Always Wanted to Know About X, But Were Afraid to Ask

UPDATE: The workshop on June 14 is currently sold out, but there’s an active waiting list on Eventbrite. Please make use of it in order to be informed about free slots and additional dates. The next workshop will be in Heidelberg on June 28, with the possibility to do a second one on June 29. 

Since his first workshop on June 7 sold out in less than a day, our resident “X-Pert” Rico Pfirstinger is offering another Fuji X Secrets workshop in Nuremberg on June 14. Registration is now open, just click here. Once again, there’s a limit of seven delegates, so if you live in or around Germany, don’t waste too much time in order to avoid joining the waiting list.

Following the Reloaded workshop in Nuremberg, there are plans to bring Fuji X Secrets to Heidelberg. Rico has reached out to his German publisher dpunkt.verlag, who kindly offered their offices as a workshop location. We will get back to you once a firm date for this event has been fixed.

Since many of you don’t reside in Germany, there are also plans to offer a workshop in Santa Barbara, CA for our US based readers. Rico is in contact with his American publisher rocky nook. The US workshop is supposed to happen in early December.

We will keep you posted on any further developments. Speaking of: Rico has just finished the German manuscript of his new e-book “Die Fujifilm X-E2 – 100 Profitipps” and is about to start the English translation (“The Fujifilm X-E2 – Beyond the Manual”). He will also produce an e-book on the X-T1.

The metal hand grip for the X-T1 is now in stock at BHphoto here.

If you’re looking for the vertical battery grip you can find three in stock at AmazonUS.

LAST 2 XF DEALS DAYS

XF 14mm: $200 off (price $700) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 18mm: $200 off (price $400) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 23mm: $150 off (price $750) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 27mm: $250 off (price $200) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 35mm: $150 off (price $450) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 60mm: $250 off (price $400) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 55-200: $200 off (price $500) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline

EU-orders: Julien: “Bought The XF27 and XF60 at amazon.us shipped in france and import fees managed by amazon (paid on order)… Received in less than 2 weeks. Cost me respectively 196€ and 388€ all included (instead of 430 and 580 in France…). I saved 420€… what a deal!” FR-reader Luzu bought lenses at BHphoto: “Choose UPS for international delivery, their option “UPS Super Saver” for around 45$ is the cheapest anyways. If you “pay on delivery”, UPS will handle all the customs work for you and deliver the item home to you where you pay the customs costs directly to the mailman.”

X-camera deals

X-E2: save $100 on the kit ($1,299) and also on the body ($899) at AmazonUS, BHphoto (4% reward), Adorama (4% reward) and Pictureline.
X-M1: Save $200 (price $599) on the kit and $200 on the body (price $499) at AmazonUS, BHphoto and Adorama.
X-A1: get it for $449 with kit lens (save $150) at AmazonUS, BHphoto and Adorama.
X-PRO1: get the body for $999!! (save $200) at AmazonUS,  Adorama (+4%reward) and BHphoto (+4%reward).
XQ1: save $130 at AmazonUS, BHphoto and Adorama

Zeiss Touit 50mm

For the Zeiss Touit 50mm promo video click here. The lens should come in late April and is available for pre-order at BHphoto and Adorama.

Samyang 12mm

A couple of days ago Samyang announced 4 new X-mount wide angle lenses (including one new Cine Lens) for Fuji X-mount.

Now a first image, taken with the 12mm, surfaced on the web. FR-reader Sunwook sent me the link and said:

“A user from SLRCLUB.com ‘Song Hanseung’ has posted an image took with his brand-new Samyang 12mm lens. This lens not released yet in Korea, but will be released in few days. He noted that the aperture value was 5.6 or 8. (I think 5.6??)”

Check out the image, and the 3 crops, here at slrclub

The newly announced Samyang lenses:

– 8mm f/2.8 UMC Fish-Eye II lens in Fujifilm X mount (Click here).
– 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS lens in Fujifilm X mount (Click here).
– 12mm f/2.0 NCS CS lens in Fujifilm X mount (Click here).
– 8mm T3.1 Cine UMC Fish-Eye II lens in Fujfilm X mount (Click here).

Other Samyang lenses for Fuji X-mount:

Samyang 8mm (ver.1): [shopcountry 12946] Samyang 300mm mirror lens: [shopcountry 14844] Samyang 16mm f/2.0: [shopcountry 15934] Samyang 24mm f/3.5 Tilt Shift: [shopcountry 15963] Samyang 85mm f/1.4: [shopcountry 21522] Samyang 14mm f/2.8: [shopcountry 21527]

LAST 2 XF DEALS DAYS

XF 14mm: $200 off (price $700) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 18mm: $200 off (price $400) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 23mm: $150 off (price $750) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 27mm: $250 off (price $200) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 35mm: $150 off (price $450) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 60mm: $250 off (price $400) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 55-200: $200 off (price $500) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline

EU-orders: Julien: “Bought The XF27 and XF60 at amazon.us shipped in france and import fees managed by amazon (paid on order)… Received in less than 2 weeks. Cost me respectively 196€ and 388€ all included (instead of 430 and 580 in France…). I saved 420€… what a deal!” FR-reader Luzu bought lenses at BHphoto: “Choose UPS for international delivery, their option “UPS Super Saver” for around 45$ is the cheapest anyways. If you “pay on delivery”, UPS will handle all the customs work for you and deliver the item home to you where you pay the customs costs directly to the mailman.”

X-camera deals

X-E2: save $100 on the kit ($1,299) and also on the body ($899) at AmazonUS, BHphoto (4% reward), Adorama (4% reward) and Pictureline.
X-M1: Save $200 (price $599) on the kit and $200 on the body (price $499) at AmazonUS, BHphoto and Adorama.
X-A1: get it for $449 with kit lens (save $150) at AmazonUS, BHphoto and Adorama.
X-PRO1: get the body for $999!! (save $200) at AmazonUS,  Adorama (+4%reward) and BHphoto (+4%reward).
XQ1: save $130 at AmazonUS, BHphoto and Adorama

Just a flash: the XF10-24 is in stock at at AmazonUS!

LAST 3 DAYS

XF lens deals end April 5th

XF 14mm: $200 off (price $700) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 18mm: $200 off (price $400) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 23mm: $150 off (price $750) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 27mm: $250 off (price $200) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 35mm: $150 off (price $450) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 60mm: $250 off (price $400) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline
XF 55-200: $200 off (price $500) at BHphoto / Adorama / AmazonUS / Pictureline

EU-orders: Julien: “Bought The XF27 and XF60 at amazon.us shipped in france and import fees managed by amazon (paid on order)… Received in less than 2 weeks. Cost me respectively 196€ and 388€ all included (instead of 430 and 580 in France…). I saved 420€… what a deal!” FR-reader Luzu bought lenses at BHphoto: “Choose UPS for international delivery, their option “UPS Super Saver” for around 45$ is the cheapest anyways. If you “pay on delivery”, UPS will handle all the customs work for you and deliver the item home to you where you pay the customs costs directly to the mailman.”